Wakeforest22890
Snowpom
Hell Arizona and North Carolina never even pretended to drop or end the first wave before they reopened.
I sincerely believe that anyone with a reasonable dose of objectivity and the education to understand the issue should have been able to understand that this is the pathway that would have been much more successful and beneficial for our country as a whole.
I was so fucking depressed at the start of this, because I knew that there was no way the genie was going back in the bottle, but I also knew what it would take to try to make that happen. Predictably, we got this middle of the road bullshit with all the negatives of both sides (with a somewhat flattened curve; huzzah).
Seeing how this has impacted white and blue collar people differently - I sincerely believe that the actions over the last three months will prove to have cut a much deeper divide in feelings between the two groups. Blue collar people basically got told to keep fucking working and just deal with the stress. White collar people mostly stayed home and manufactured stress for everyone else (including themselves). Fucking sucks all the way around.
The current standard in plenty of states that have reopened is "wear a mask, socially distance, and sanitize" and as we've seen on here, in plenty of pictures, and evidenced in statistics - people flat out aren't doing that.
This is all pretty wild but sadly indicative of why the virus will keep spreading. I mean if she's been out and about at restaurants and bars without a mask on there's no telling where she got it - could be anywhere since the virus is still wildly infectious.
Every state that has reopened restaurants and aren't requiring masks in open places of business are out of touch and off the rails. I don't know why people believe going back to the same conditions that were present in March when the virus spread rampantly before social distancing and shutdowns would make everything magically okay. The virus didn't disappear, we just took appropriate steps to slow the spread.
I can't imagine wanting to go out without a mask on even if it wasn't required. I don't even remember the last time I saw someone in a public business without a mask on up here. It's been at least two months. It's also why virus spread is declining and being contained in Massachusetts.
Just for other's future reference, being tested or not tested really shouldn't change your behavior if you think you have Covid. Stay isolated, let your close contacts know, and treat yourself with fever reducers and by keeping hydrated until you feel better. If you have trouble breathing, go to the hospital.
If everyone wore a mask, especially when in large outdoor groups or in a confined space, this thing would be much more under control. Unfortunately, mask-wearing is not as widely accepted as in Asian countries who have been doing it for decades.
I think there are a few things I will absolutely not do until we get a vaccine/numbers dwindle:
1. Eat inside a restaurant
2. Go to any large indoor gathering
3. Ride on public transport
4. Get on a plane/train
The problem is we had no cohesive leadership at the top. States can do what they can to try to mitigate that, but when you've got dumbass Trump out there (non-politically speaking of course) not wearing masks, calling the thing a hoax, and saying that "if we stopped testing we wouldn't have any cases", then it pretty much just destroys any chance any governor has to institute things that will work long-term.
Not to mention the people who are just unwilling to do anything other than what they want to do all the time.
I think there are a few things I will absolutely not do until we get a vaccine/numbers dwindle:
1. Eat inside a restaurant
2. Go to any large indoor gathering
3. Ride on public transport
4. Get on a plane/train
In my opinion, the confusion led to an overask. We probably could have got the whole country on board with wearing a mask and something like "keep physically distant." But the messaging went bananas asking everyone to just stay locked inside.
The psychology and sociology just aren't going to work there. Every time someone walks past a person in the store or brushes by another person and doesn't get infected, that's just positively reinforcing the "this isn't necessary" mantra. If we had kept it to the baby steps of "wear a mask in public" and "keep physical distance from one another," then we might have had a shot at compliance.
Lumping tons of super restrictive conditions was a path to people rejecting them -- especially when one class of people had it MUCH EASIER than another.
What about a football game? I'm struggling with that one.
In my opinion, the confusion led to an overask. We probably could have got the whole country on board with wearing a mask and something like "keep physically distant." But the messaging went bananas asking everyone to just stay locked inside.
The psychology and sociology just aren't going to work there. Every time someone walks past a person in the store or brushes by another person and doesn't get infected, that's just positively reinforcing the "this isn't necessary" mantra. If we had kept it to the baby steps of "wear a mask in public" and "keep physical distance from one another," then we might have had a shot at compliance.
Lumping tons of super restrictive conditions was a path to people rejecting them -- especially when one class of people had it MUCH EASIER than another.
In my opinion, the confusion led to an overask. We probably could have got the whole country on board with wearing a mask and something like "keep physically distant." But the messaging went bananas asking everyone to just stay locked inside.
The psychology and sociology just aren't going to work there. Every time someone walks past a person in the store or brushes by another person and doesn't get infected, that's just positively reinforcing the "this isn't necessary" mantra. If we had kept it to the baby steps of "wear a mask in public" and "keep physical distance from one another," then we might have had a shot at compliance.
Lumping tons of super restrictive conditions was a path to people rejecting them -- especially when one class of people had it MUCH EASIER than another.
I don't think we will have the option to go.
Also, while tailgating is fun, watching the actual game is better on the TV.
Imagine, American flag masks and "do your part" messaging would have been very salable to the blue collar folks. I really think it was a mistake to go full quarantine in America (or, try to do that).
But if you could...